California Education Code

§ 24415.5

EDC § 24415.5 Effective Sep 30, 2008Div. 1 · Title 1 · Part 13 · Ch. 29

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the board shall adjust the purchasing power protection benefits payable pursuant to Sections 24415, 24416, and 24417 in accordance with subdivisions (b) and (c) of this section.

(b)If the board, in adopting the actuarial projection described in subdivision (a) of Section 22954.1, determines that the annual transfers to the Supplemental Benefit Maintenance Account described in Section 22954, combined with all other anticipated sources of income to the account, are likely to be less than sufficient over the term established by the board to continue providing the purchasing power protection being provided at the time of the projection, it shall identify the maximum level of purchasing power protection benefits that it expects to be sustainable over that term, as specified in subdivision (c) of Section 22954.1. The board, upon making the determination specified in subdivision (c) of Section 22954.1, shall reduce the purchasing power protection benefits payable pursuant to Sections 24415, 24416, and 24417 to the maximum sustainable level identified under this subdivision, except that these benefits shall not be adjusted below the 80 percent purchasing power protection level unless the board has made the determination of insufficient funds described in subdivision (a) of Section 24416.

(c)If the board, in adopting the actuarial projection described in subdivision (a) of Section 22954.1, determines that the annual transfers to the Supplemental Benefit Maintenance Account described in Section 22954, combined with all other anticipated sources of income to the account, are likely to be more than sufficient over the term established by the board to continue providing the purchasing power protection being provided at the time of the projection, it shall identify the maximum level of purchasing power protection benefits that it expects to be sustainable over that term, as specified in subdivision (b) of Section 22954.1. The board, upon making the determination specified in subdivision (b) of Section 22954.1, shall increase the purchasing power protection benefits payable pursuant to Sections 24415, 24416, and 24417 to the maximum sustainable level identified under this subdivision, except that these benefits shall not be adjusted above the 85 percent purchasing power protection level.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 751, Sec. 14. Effective September 30, 2008.